Species-specific temporal variation in photosynthesis as a moderator of peatland carbon sequestration

Korrensalo, Aino; Alekseychik, Pavel; Hájek, Tomáš; Rinne, Janne; Vesala, Timo; Mehtätalo, Lauri; Mammarella, Ivan; Tuittila, Eeva-Stiina

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-257-2017

Articles | Volume 14, issue 2

Biogeosciences, 14, 257–269, 2017

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-257-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Biogeosciences, 14, 257–269, 2017

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-257-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 2

Research article 18 Jan 2017

Research article | 18 Jan 2017

Species-specific temporal variation in photosynthesis as a moderator of peatland carbon sequestration

Aino Korrensalo et al.

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-257-2017-supplement

Data sets

Eddy covariance and environmental data of boreal bogs plant species A. Korrensalo, P. Alekseychik, T. Hájek, J. Rinne, T. Vesala, L. Mehtätalo, I. Mammarella, and E.-S. Tuittila https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.862986

Short summary

Photosynthetic parameters of peatland plant species were measured over one growing season in an ombrotrophic bog. Based on these measurements, ecosystem-level photosynthesis was calculated for the whole growing season and compared with an estimate derived from micrometeorological measurements. These two estimates corresponded well. Species with low areal cover at the site but high photosynthetic efficiency appeared to be potentially important for the ecosystem-level carbon balance.